Washing-machine.



No. 660,43I. Patented Oct. 23. I900.

A. HARDWICK. WASHING MACHINE.

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N0. 660,43l. Patented Oct. 23, I900.

P. A. HARDWICK.

WASHING MACHINE.

(Application filed Nov. 4, 1899.) (No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 WITNESSES A TTORNE Y8 ma Noam! PETERS c0. PHOTO-Limo" wAsnlNmON, o. c.

UNITED STATES,

PATENT OFFICE.

PENTON A. HARDWICK, OFCOLORADO CITY, COLORADO.

WASHING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 660,431. dated October 23, 1900. Application med November 4, 1899.1 semi No. 735,788. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PENTON A. HARDWICK, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Colorado City, in the county of El Paso and State of Colorado, have invented a new and Improved Washing- Machine, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of my invention is to simplify and improve the construction of that class of washing-machines provided with means for the introduction of steam into the washingchamber and to so construct the machine that it may be used for drying feathers or clothes or articles of a similar nature or may be used for dampening clothes for ironing.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of the several parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forminga part of this specification, in which similarcharacters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the improved machine. Fig. 2 is a vertical section taken practically on the line 2 2 of Fig. 3. Fig. 3 is a section taken at right angles to the section shown in Fig. 2 on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2 and a side'elevation of a receptacle for generating steam connected with the machine. i

The body A of the machine is in the form of a semicircular tub supported on suitable legs 10. A transverse opening 11 is madein the bottom of the tub, covered by a screen 12, and said opening 11 connects with an inclined chute 13, which may be closed at its outer end by a stopper 14 or an equivalent of a stopper. This chute is adapted to collect the dirt washed out from the clothes and to serve as a medium for readily emptying the tub.

A cover B is provided for the body A, and this cover is also of semicircular shape and is fitted upon the body in a steam-tightmanner. Both the body and cover are preferably made of wood and are finished in an air-tight manner. The cover is also provided at its sides with handles 15, so that it may readily be removed.

A cylinder C, adapted to contain the clothes,

is held to revolve partially within the body :and partially within the cover for the body or tub. .This cylinder usually consists of two metal heads 16, provided with inwardly-extending flanges 17, the heads being strengthened by X-braces 18, secured to their inner faces, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, and the cyl inder is completed by adding a peripheral covering 19, of galvanized wire, provided with a suitable door 20, and the cylinder is also provided with paddles 21, extending along the screen-periphery from head to head, the said paddles being secured to the braces 18 in any suitable or approved manner. As the cylinder is rotated these paddles move the clothes upward and cause them to fall from an upper to a lower position within the cylinder. The cylinder is provided with trunnions 22, journaled in suitable bearings in the body or tub A, as is shown in Fig. 3, and one trunnion is provided with a sprocket-Wheel 23, which is connected by a chain belt 24. with a smaller sprocket-wheel 25, provided with a handle 26 and mounted upon a bracket 27, located upon the exterior of the tub or body of the machine, as is shown in Fig. 1. A nozzle 28 is in communication with the interior of the body at one side near one end, and this nozzle is adapted to receive a flexible tube 29, which is also connected with a pot or a kettle D or a like vessel,in which Water may be kept boiling upon a stove or range. The tube 29 serves to conduct steam into the interior of the machine and keep the washing material in a heated condition, which greatly facilitates the cleansing of the clothes.

The machine is provided at its bottom with an auxiliary casing 30, which is eccentric to the main bottom, as shown in Fig. 2, thus providing a chamber 31, and at the upper portion of the said chamber 31, at one side, a nozzle 32 is located. At the upper portion of the said chamber, at the opposite side of the machine, a second nozzle 33 is located. The nozzle 32 has communication only with the chamber 31, while the nozzle 33 is so made that it connects not only with the chamber 31, but also with the interior of the tub and with the outside atmosphere. The nozzle 33 is usually provided with two stoppers 34, one at each end, although but a single stopper may be used, .if desired.

When the machine is to be used for drying clothes or feathers, the steam-delivery pipe 29 is connected with the nozzle 32 and the outer stopper 34 is removed from the steamoutlet 33, and the steam entering the chamber 31 will heat the tub and and dry its contents, it being understood that the cylinder 0 may be utilized to receive the material to be dried or that the material may be placed directly in the tub A. Under the same conditions when it is desired to dampen clothes for ironing steam is admitted at the nozzle 32, and the outlet 33 for the steam is closed at its outer end and opened at its inner end, enabling the steam to come in direct contact with the clothes. When the machine is used in this manner, a large number of clothes may be simultaneously dampened for ironing, the clothes will be uniformly dampened, and the necessity of sprinkling the clothes singly is avoided.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. In a washing-machine, a tub, a steamtight cover therefor, the said tub being provided with a double bottom and an outlet and a grating adjacent to the outlet, the outer section of the bottom being eccentric to the inner section, a nozzle leading into the upper portion of the chamber formed by the double bottom of the tub, a double nozzle communieating with the said chamber and with the exterior and interior of the tub, plugs for theinner and outer ends of the double nozzle, and a third nozzle connected directly with the interior of the tub and located at one side of the same, substantially as specified.

2. In a washing-machine, a tub provided with a double bottom having an outlet, a

grating adjacent to the outlet, the outer section of the bottom being eccentric to the inner section, a nozzle leading into the upper portion of a chamber formed by the double bottom of the tub, a double nozzle communicating with the said chamber and with the exterior and interior of the tub, means for closing said double nozzle, and a third nozzle 

